User-defined export, import, and bulk editing > Bulk editing configuration objects

Bulk editing alarm help

This section outlines how to bulk edit DeltaV alarm help. Most items in a DeltaV system that have alarms support alarm help.

This explanation is based on the assumption that your configuration exists and that all you need to do is create or modify alarm help information for existing alarm containers. The general procedure to bulk edit alarm help is:

  1. Export the alarm containers using an appropriate format file.

  2. Open the file in MS Excel.

  3. Edit the file as required.

  4. Import the edited file.